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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gxseries, post: 2233278, member: 4373&quot;]This might be an interesting coin to talk about since it is related. Note that this is not an aluminum bronze coin but it is an aluminum-copper alloy coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://omnicoin.com/coins/1022288.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From the color, it does look very similar to what an aluminum bronze coin would look like. Alloy is supposedly 95% copper, 5% aluminum. Struck in 1892 and released to the public in 1894, this is one particular coinage that didn&#039;t last too long in circulation as the last coin struck was in 1896. Main reason being is that the public had no confidence of the new coinage type due to years of corruption and they believed they were being ripped off with a brass like color coin. Prior to machine struck coinage coins, the Korean mints were known to melt down good quality copper coins and made cast alloy coins of bronze and iron alloy, which made them rich but caused a major uproar with the public.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>While this particular coinage was struck in Korea, the equipment was imported from Japan and it is assumed that the planchets were imported from Japan as well. What is odd is that while the 5 fun coins were the same composition as a Japanese 1 sen coin, the 1 fun coin is not the same as the Japanese 1/2 sen coin despite having the same diameter. It is assumed that the Japanese decided supply an inferior alloy to Korea.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am not aware if there are any earlier examples of such coins and would be interested to know if there is any.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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